> > If OpenAI or Anthropic could squeeze the same output out of smaller GPUs and servers they'd be doing it for themselves. > First, they do this; that's why t

> > If OpenAI or Anthropic could squeeze the same output out of smaller GPUs and servers they'd be doing it for themselves. > First, they do this; that's why they release models at different price points. No, those don't deliver the same output. The cheaper models are worse. > It's also why GPT-5 tries auto-routing requests to the most cost-effective model. These are likely the same size, just one uses reasoning and the other doesn't. Not using reasoning is cheaper, but not because the model is smaller.